Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Erich Fromm: Understanding
“Understanding a person does not mean condoning; it only means that one does not accuse him as if one were God or a judge placed above him.” —Erich Fromm, psychoanalyst and author (23 Mar 1900-1980).
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Bhagat Singh: Mental ignorance
“Study so that you are able to meet arguments of your opponents. Equip your ideology with supporting arguments. If you oppose a prevailing belief, if you criticize a great person who is considered to be an incarnation, you will find that your criticism will be answered by calling you vain and egoist. The reason for…
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Josh Waitzkin: Art completely your own
“[There’s] this theme of finding your own way. One of the most common mistakes that I see people make—whether you’re talking about kids or adults—in the learning curve is trying to do it like someone else does it; whether it’s your dad, or your hero, or Michael Jordan, or Tiger Woods, or whatever the sport…
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Warren Buffett: One wonderful business
“The great personal fortunes in this country weren’t built on a portfolio of 50 companies. They were built by someone who identified one wonderful business.” —Warren Buffett.
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Anna Hazare: Corruption
“I’m not saying all corruption will end, but at least it will reduce by 40-50 percent… the poor will benefit. (on Lokpal Bill).” —Anna Hazare.
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Rod Stewart: It’s the image
“Half the battle is selling music, not singing it. It’s the image, not what you sing.” —Rod Stewart.
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Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia: English and Hindi
“The use of English is a hindrance to original thinking, progenitor of inferiority feelings and a gap between the educated and uneducated public. Come, let us unite to restore Hindi to its original glory.” —Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia.
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Rod Stewart: It’s the image
“Half the battle is selling music, not singing it. It’s the image, not what you sing.” —Rod Stewart.
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H R McMaster: Two ways to fight the US military
“There are two ways to fight the United States military: asymmetrically and stupid. Asymmetrically means you’re going to try to avoid our strengths. In the 1991 Gulf War, it’s like we called Saddam’s army out into the schoolyard and beat up that army.” —H. R. McMaster.
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John Bolt: Real reflection
“If I were doing the Security Council today, I’d have one permanent member, the United States, because that’s the real reflection of the distribution of power in the world. All international laws are invalid, meaningless attempts to constrict American power. ” —John Bolt.
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Kumar Mangalam Birla: Globalization
“To globalize for the sake of globalizing-as a matter of ego-is perilous. Expanding internationally is hard, risky work. Globalization is not just about putting up a plant. It’s not about making an acquisition. It’s much, much more.” —Kumar Mangalam Birla.
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Simon Sinek: Authorities and leaders
“Authorities have control. Leaders have legacies.” —Simon Sinek.
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Hayley Atwell: American and British guys
“I think American guys tend to be a bit more forward, a bit more chatty and open than the Brits. The Brits seem to have a darker sense of humor, though I have met some Americans who have adopted bits of the British dry sense of humor as well.” —Hayley Atwell.
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Lulu: Self-indulgence
“Self-indulgence is something to watch, but anything that helps you understand situations that are difficult to understand is good. If you’re having some sort of emotional trauma, you need to find a person to talk to about it who says, ‘This is quite normal; it’s fine.’” —Lulu.
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Michael Sheen: Twitter
“On the one hand Twitter gives you the opportunity to engage with people, which is great, but on the other there are people who feel they can say whatever they want, put poison out there, really, without fear of any repercussions.” —Michael Sheen.
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Celine Dion: Because you loved me
“You were my strength when I was weak; you were my voice when I couldn’t speak; you were my eyes when I couldn’t see; you saw the best there was in me; lifted me up when I couldn’t reach, you gave me faith cuz you believed. I’m everything I am because you loved me.” —Celine…
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Matthew Rhys: Simplicity of the ’80s
“I would absolutely love to go back to the simplicity of the ’80s, where there wasn’t texting, social media, iPhones, or smartphones. I love the fact that you would go home and check your messages. I’m not well suited to the world of modern technology.” —Matthew Rhys.
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Keri Russell: Smallest decisions
“Sometimes it’s the smallest decisions that can change your life forever.” —Keri Russell.
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Joe Biden: Corruption
“Corruption is a cancer: a cancer that eats away at a citizen’s faith in democracy, diminishes the instinct for innovation and creativity; already-tight national budgets, crowding out important national investments. It wastes the talent of entire generations. It scares away investments and jobs.” —Joe Biden.
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Mark Zuckerberg: Founding a company
“Founding a company is hard. Most of it isn’t smooth. You’ll have to make very hard decisions. You have to fire a few people. Therefore, if you don’t believe in your mission, giving up is easy. The majority of founders give up. But the best founders don’t give up.” —Mark Zuckerberg.
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Joan Crawford: Love is a fire
“Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell.” —Joan Crawford.
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Susan Forward: Both lying
“When your lover is a liar, you and he have a lot in common, you’re both lying to you.” —Susan Forward, author.
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Louis L’Amour: How the story turns out
‘One day I was speeding along at the typewriter, and my daughter — who was a child at the time — asked me, “Daddy, why are you writing so fast?” And I replied, “Because I want to see how the story turns out!”‘ —Louis L’Amour, novelist (22 Mar 1908-1988).
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Thomas Szasz: Anti-proverb
“The proverb warns that ‘You should not bite the hand that feeds you.’ But maybe you should, if it prevents you from feeding yourself.” —Thomas Szasz.
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Sylvester Stallone: Success
“Success is usually the culmination of controlling failures.” —Sylvester Stallone.
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Simon Sinek: Starting
“The hardest part is starting. Once we get that out of the way, we’ll find the rest of the journey much easier.” —Simon Sinek.
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Warren Buffett: Opportunities
“The odds are very good that there’ll be opportunities from time to time. You cannot study financial history and observe the way markets and people behave and not believe that. Will we do something in the next five years? I can’t say. In ten years, yes, we will.” -Warren Buffett.
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Mila Kunis: Confidence, not cockiness
“Confidence, not cockiness. Knowing who you are is confidence. Cockiness is knowing who you are and pushing it down everyone’s throat.” —Mila Kunis.
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Kate McKinnon: Comedy
“Comedy is a tool of togetherness. It’s a way of putting your arm around someone, pointing at something, and saying, ‘Isn’t it funny that we do that?’ It’s a way of reaching out.” —Kate McKinnon.
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Howie Mandel: We’ll be ok
“If we take care of our mental health like our dental health; we’ll be ok.” —Howie Mandel.
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Katsuko Saruhashi: Women scientists
“There are many women who have the ability to become great scientists. I would like to see the day when women can contribute to science and technology on an equal footing with men.” —Katsuko Saruhashi.
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Fred Savage: Longevity
“I think a lot of longevity, especially as a performer, depends on kind of what your commodity is. If your commodity is your cuteness and your chubby cheeks and your big gap between your teeth, if that’s what your greatest asset is, of course that fails or that changes, you know, that goes away. Of…
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Pope Francis: Abortion
“Abortion isn’t a lesser evil, it’s a crime. Taking one life to save another, that’s what the Mafia does. It’s a crime. It’s an absolute evil.” —Pope Francis.
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Camila Cabello: Relationships
‘I’ve learned that I don’t want to be as open or public about relationships anymore. In my first relationship, I thought I could hold on to the normalcy of just being like “Yeah, we’re dating,” just like if it were high school and I was telling my friends. But in high school, there aren’t articles…
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Britney Spears: Broken hearts
“Broken hearts are like cuts you hate them but you have them.” —Britney Spears.
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Kevin Federline: Reverse sexism
‘If a guy married a woman and the guy was more famous, the world wouldn’t deem it an inequal relationship. But if you have a guy marrying a woman who is more well-known, more, in quotes, “powerful,” more wealthy, then there’s a kind of reverse sexism that comes out, right?’ —Kevin Federline.
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Steven Soderbergh: Always recovering
“Lying is like alcoholism. You are always recovering.” —Steven Soderbergh.
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Bella Thorne: Really good acting
“Really good acting is not about dialogue. It’s really just about small moments that really make the whole entire scene and the intention completely different than even maybe what the characters are saying. Two characters could be saying, “I hate you, and I don’t want to be with you anymore!” But yet somehow, their toes…
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Demi Lovato: Recovery
“Recovery is something that you have to work on every single day and it’s something that it doesn’t get a day off.” —Demi Lovato.
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Reese Witherspoon : Managing careers or lives
“Many people worry so much about managing their careers, but rarely spend half that much energy managing their LIVES. I want to make my life, not just my job, the best it can be. The rest will work itself out.” —Reese Witherspoon.
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Kurt Vonnegut: Modern times
“One of the few good things about modern times: If you die horribly on television, you will not have died in vain. You will have entertained us.” — Kurt Vonnegut.
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Mark Zuckerberg: Simple rule of business
“I think a simple rule of business is, if you do the things that are easier first, then you can actually make a lot of progress.” —Mark Zuckerberg.
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Selena Gomez: Let it be painful
“You can’t shut down, you can’t say, ‘What can I do to make this go away?’. You have to let it be painful and get through it. Every day gets better. Because when you’re in love, you kind of give everything and make that person your life. So every day you get more and more…
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Ringo Starr: Drugs and alcohol
“That’s all drugs and alcohol do, they cut off your emotions in the end.” —Ringo Starr.
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James Packer: Real difference
“People can make a real difference. One person at a time, one job at a time, one life at a time.” —James Packer.
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Ustad Bismillah Khan: Ragas and regrets
“Music lets me forget bad experiences. You cannot keep ragas and regrets in your mind together.” —Ustad Bismillah Khan.
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Fred Rogers: ‘Look for the helpers’
‘When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, “Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.”’ —Fred Rogers.
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Warren Buffett: Inflation
“Our outlook for inflation is always the same. We feel there’s a big bias toward inflation – – – both in the U.S. and around the world. But our objective is not to profit from it as much as it is to avoid disaster. Our outlook leads to our buying businesses with the same characteristics…
